Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “absence makes the heart grow fonder“ and its meaning is “you love someone so much/even more when you miss him/her”.
Example Sentence: For those lucky enough to have a good circle of friends before lockdown, meanwhile, separation may have made the heart grow fonder. A recent Australian study found that two-thirds of respondents didn’t think their friendships had suffered in lockdown and over half made more effort to stay in touch when they couldn’t see each other face to face.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Walking therapy: how lockdown intensified friendship, and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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